When a succubus ends up being seduced by their victim… “If You Were to Die Tomorrow, What Would You Wanna Do?” or Ashita Shinu nara Nani Shitai? (日死ぬなら何したい?) in Japanese, is a short manga (Doujinshi) by Ajichi. Plot Sou, a god of death, decides to look through “the black book”, which is said to have…
This time, the options in the poll in our Discord server were all national celebrations, and we’ve decided that…: Theme: Bread Based on the national whole grains month that is in September. Read and review anything that’s a book – novels, comics, mangas, graphic novels, poem collections, scripts, short stories, zines, etc. (Audiobooks count too,…
Goze Hotaru (ごぜほたる) is a new Manga by Kou Tosaya. The Japanese Volume 1 has chapter 1-6, and the 2nd volume is coming out in September this year (not sure how many chapters it’ll have), but there are 18 chapters already out.MangaPlus released an official english translation on their site, where you can read each…
This time, we’ve voted in our Discord server, and we’ve decided…: Theme: Mythology (general) Read and review anything that’s a book – novels, comics, mangas, graphic novels, poem collections, scripts, short stories, etc. (Audiobooks count too, ofc!). Any mythology is allowed, from Greek to Roman to Asian to African… and so on. How to take…
Love in the palm of his hands also known as Bloom on Your Sign like a Chameleon. or in Japanese カメレオンはてのひらに恋をする。(Chameleon wa Tenohira ni Koi wo Suru.) is a BL Manga by Rin Teku. It’s about Keito, who is deaf, and Fujinaga, a theatre student who gets to know himself through sign language. (My entry…
A story concerning sweets is a Manhua by Shi Yier Er, which was also translated into Japanese (キャンディ ふたりの約束) and Vietnamese (Câu Chuyện Kẹo Ngọt). A short story about two girls – Bai Xiao Xiao has a heart disease and is blind, and Feng Tang is a ghost for as long as she can remember…
Linkage or in Japanese リンケージ is a GL Manga by Uso Kurata. A collection of 5 stories that have been published in magazines before. I’ll be reviewing them separately. Chapter 1: Kusari wa Mou Iranai (鎖はもういらない (No More Need For Chains)) That was cute. Felt a bit off when Aoi was hanging out with the others and didn’t even…
Sensei (Kari) no Oshigoto was published digitally in english as A (Student) Teacher’s Job by Renta!, and as The Job of a (Temporary) Teacher by MediBang/Julian Publishing. Author & Artist: Aomaru Nana. As it’s a collection of 4 BL stories, I’ll be reviewing them separately.Theme they all follow: submissiveness. Each story has at least one guy who’s submissive. Chapter 1-2:…
Vampire After the Doomsday or in Japanese 道割草物語 (Michiwarikusa Monogatari) is a 2-volume GL Manga by Takekawa Shin. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, where only vampires and some animals have survived. A slice-of-life story of four vampire women, who are two couples, living together in a mansion. My opinion As it hasn’t been translated…
July is disability pride & awareness month, therefore: Theme: disability Read and review anything that’s a book – novels, comics, mangas, graphic novels, poem collections, scripts, short stories, etc. (Audiobooks count too, ofc!) It doesn’t matter what type of disability – physical or mental – is featured, or to what degree! Though, if you can,…
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